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@hilaryrosed.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 10:21 AM

Any recommendations for papers comparing how good different databases are at assigning taxonomic names to DNA sequences?

I'd like to see example analyses for how to compare databases, so I don't care which organism group the database is targeting.

🧪 #ecology #taxonomy #dna

@patrickcaines.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 7:51 AM

Core experiment: The Niche, the person sanctified, anonymity preserved the story around the object — the lie of place. #fineart #taxonomy #authenticity #fakery #mixedmedia

@eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org Sep 15, 2026, 3:10 PM

New millipede diversity from Tanzania!

A new study from the Udzungwa Mountains describes new species and records of Eviulisoma.

#Biodiversity #Taxonomy #Millipedes #Tanzania

@patrickcaines.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 10:46 AM

Core experiment: Faux seals, contradictory dates, layered tracing‑paper strata. The story around the object — the lie of place. #fineart #taxonomy #authenticity #fakery #mixedmedia

@pilogian.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 12:28 PM

Why rebuild enterprise classifications repeatedly?

Reusable golden records and taxonomy templates can help organizations standardize materials, assets, suppliers, services and equipment information more consistently.

#MDM #DataQuality #Taxonomy

@evgenii-protasov.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 7:25 AM

Phylogenomics of Desulfuromonadia supports reclassification of Geobacter psychrophilus as Irobacter psychrophilus comb. nov. and proposal of Geosyntrophus gen. nov.
#microbiology #NewSpecies #taxonomy #MicroSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@glossahortensia.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 7:36 AM

SHOOTING STAR I: Greek gods, English doctors, and dead men arguing in the comments section of 1700s magazines in this Glossa Hortensia on Primula meadia, the #languageofflowers emblem of 'you are my divinity'. #floriography #taxonomy #botany

@lnvh.nl Sep 11, 2026, 7:01 PM

Romy travelled to Ifremer in Plouzané, France, to collaborate with Dr Daniela Zeppilli, a leading marine nematode taxonomist, and deepen her taxonomic expertise in identifying marine nematodes. #LNVH #AWiB #Taxonomy

@plazi-species.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 2:12 PM

#NewSpecies
New #butterfly from #india just fluttered in:

Chonala albistricta

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6D2B2D5F-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #ChonalaAlbistricta

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #fauna #invertebrates #entomology #insects #lepidoptera

@plazi-species.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 2:01 PM

#NewSpecies!
New cave-dwelling crustacea from #malaysia just pinched us:

Palaumysis jetama

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/E554878B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Zookeys #PalaumysisJetama

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #fauna #crustacea #caves

Palaumysis jetama (freshly fixed), lateral view of allotype.

@plazi-species.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 1:17 PM

#NewSpecies!
Primula pingwuensis
A newly discovered #primulaceae from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/02B5D451-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #PrimulaPingwuensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #flowers #plants

Primula pingwuensis, flowering plant in the wild.

@plazi-species.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 12:57 PM

#NewSpecies!
New #millipede from #USA just tiptoed in:

Bollmanella amorensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A6ED1B44-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/subt...
#SubterraneanBiology #BollmanellaAmorensis

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #animals #fauna #invertebrates #diplopoda

Bollmanella amorensis, male. The posterior of the animal is coiled around a twig, while the more anterior legs are in contact with the water surface.

@plazi-species.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 12:07 PM

#NewSpecies!
New #cyprinid from #china surfaced:

Acrossocheilus zhangjiajiensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/C66C553B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AcrossocheilusZhangjiajiensis

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #fish #ichthyology #freshwater

Live specimen of Acrossocheilus zhangjiajiensis, lateral view of body.

@stemstainability.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 11:20 AM

Welcome to Formal Fridays where we talk about the formal scientific names and fun fantastic facts for our favourite fauna. Today: The eastern grey kangaroo

#kangaroos #conservation #taxonomy #animals

youtube.com/shorts/fsiNr...

@kill-bait.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 9:15 AM

UC Riverside Student Names New Insect Species After Taylor Swift

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

#insect #taxonomy #taylorswift

👇👇👇

@plazi-species.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 9:04 AM

#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #dominican_republic for #FungiFriday:

Hygrocybe citrinonigrescens

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/64C4FB6C-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/imaf...
#IMAFungus #HygrocybeCitrinonigrescens

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #nature #fungi #mushrooms #mycology